{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"e73d5a18e830eaaec9c2f76e","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e73d5a18e830eaaec9c2f76e","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e73d5a18e830eaaec9c2f76e","title":"Sr. Design Manager","description":"SR. DESIGN MANAGER\r\nREPORTS TO: SR. ART DIRECTOR\r\nSTATUS: EXEMPT\r\nSummary\r\nBoot Barn is where community comes first. We thrive on togetherness, collaboration, and belonging. We build each other up, listen intently, and implement out-of-the-box ideas. We celebrate new innovations, congratulate one another's achievements, and most importantly support each other.\r\nAt Boot Barn, we work together to make a positive impact on the world around us, and by working collectively with encouragement, we consider ourselves \"Partners.\" With the values of the West guiding us, Boot Barn celebrates heritage, welcomes all, and values each unique Partner within our Boot Barn community.\r\nOur vision is to offer everyone a piece of the American spirit - one handshake at a time.\r\nBoot Barn is seeking a Senior Manager, Design (Print & Digital) to lead the execution and delivery of creative across all channels. This role is responsible for ensuring that all design work-across print, digital, in-store, and experiential touchpoints-is produced on brand, on time, and at a consistently high level of quality.\r\nAs a key partner to Marketing and creative leadership, this role translates creative vision into clear, actionable direction for the design team and ensures successful execution across a high volume of deliverables. You will oversee day-to-day workflow, guide designers through challenges, and create the structure needed to deliver cohesive, effective creative at scale. This role oversees the full design team, including direct management of designers and leadership of a Digital Design Manager and their team. Success in this role comes from balancing strong creative judgment with operational excellence, ensuring the work is not only visually compelling, but also accurate, efficient, and production-ready.\r\nYou will play a critical role in maintaining and reinforcing the integrity of both the Boot Barn brand and our portfolio of exclusive brands, ensuring consistency across all customer touchpoints while adapting creative to meet the needs of different channels, campaigns, and audiences.\r\nA strong foundation in print production, packaging, and real-world execution is essential. This role serves as a key partner in bringing marketing initiatives and event concepts to life, helping define what assets are needed, how they should be produced, and ensuring they are executed in a way that is both on-brand and operationally sound.\r\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities\r\n\r\nLead, mentor, and support a team of designers, fostering accountability, growth, and high-quality output\r\nOversee project intake, prioritization, and workflow to ensure all creative is delivered on time and aligned with business priorities\r\nProvide clear direction and feedback to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment with brand standards across all deliverables\r\nAct as a bridge between creative vision and execution, ensuring concepts are translated into effective, production-ready assets\r\nReview and approve creative work across all channels, maintaining a high bar for quality and attention to detail\r\nUphold and execute brand standards for both Boot Barn and its exclusive brands, ensuring consistency while supporting campaign and channel needs\r\nServe as a subject matter expert in print production, packaging, and file preparation, ensuring all assets are built correctly and optimized for output\r\nPartner with Marketing, E-commerce, Merchandising, and Events teams to support campaigns, initiatives, and activations\r\nCollaborate with the Events team to translate concepts into actionable creative deliverables and provide guidance on materials, formats, and production needs\r\nIdentify and implement process improvements that enhance efficiency, communication, and scalability across the design team\r\nDemonstrates high level of quality work, attendance and appearance.\r\nDemonstrates high degree of professionalism in communication, attitude and teamwork with customers, peers and management.\r\nAdhere to all local, federal and state laws in addition to Company policies, procedures, and practices.\r\nPerforms any other duties that may be assigned by management.\r\n\r\nQualifications\r\n\r\n6-10+ years of experience in graphic design across multiple channels, including print and digital\r\n4+ years of experience leading or managing designers, including managing senior-level talent or managers\r\nStrong understanding of brand systems and how to maintain consistency across a wide range of applications\r\nDeep knowledge of print production, packaging, and vendor collaboration\r\nProven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment\r\nStrong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills\r\nProficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud\r\nBachelor's Degree in Graphic Design or related field preferred\r\n\r\nPlus Factors - Preferred, but not required\r\n\r\nKnowledge or interest in the western or action sports lifestyles.\r\nExperience with Adobe Premier, Cinema 4D, Maya, Blender, 3DS Max\r\nIllustration experience\r\nInterest in AI software and/or prompting\r\nWorking knowledge of HTML\r\n\r\nCompetencies\r\n\r\nEnsure Effective Communication - Listens carefully and attentively to others' opinions and ideas. Communicates information clearly, concisely, and professionally.\r\nEstablish Trust - Follows through on commitments. Is honest and direct with others. Promotes a culture of respect for, commitment to, and compliance with Company values, beliefs, and standards. Ensures the protection of confidential information.\r\n\r\nBoot Barn Benefits & Additional Compensation Opportunities\r\n\r\nCompetitive salary.\r\nMerchandise discount: 50% off of Exclusive Brands and 40% off of third-party brands.\r\nPaid Time Off plan for year-round Boot Barn Partners.\r\nMedical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance.\r\n401(k) plan with generous company matching.\r\nFlexible schedules and work/life balance.\r\nOpportunities for growth at every level - we are opening 50+ new stores each year.\r\n\r\nFor eligible Boot Barn Partners\r\nPAY RANGE: $120,000.00-$140,000.00/yr*\r\n\r\ncompensation varies based on geography, skills, experience, and tenure\r\n\r\nPhysical Demands\r\nIn general, the following physical demands are representative of those that must be met by a Partner to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to allow differently abled individuals to perform the essential functions of the job.\r\n\r\nStanding, walking and squatting less than fifty percent of the work shift.\r\nRequired to lift, move and carry up to 40 pounds.\r\nAbility to read, count and write to accurately complete all documentation and reports.\r\nMust be able to see, hear and speak in order to communicate with partners and customers.\r\nSpecific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.\r\nManual dexterity required using hands to finger; handle, feel and type; reach with hands and arms.\r\n\r\n[ ] Sedentary: Limited activity, no lifting, limited walking\r\n[ X ] Light: Office work, some lifting, bending, stooping or kneeling, walking\r\n[ ] Moderate: Mostly standing, walking, bending, frequent lifting\r\n[ ] Arduous: Heavy lifting, bending, crawling, climbing\r\nWork Environment\r\nIn general, the following conditions of the work environment are representative of those that a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to allow differently abled individuals to perform the essential functions of the job within the environment.\r\n\r\nThe workspace is clean, orderly, properly lighted and ventilated with the proper safety compliance.\r\nNoise levels are considered moderate.\r\n\r\nBoot Barn, Inc. reserves the right to make exceptions to modify or eliminate this document or its content. This document supersedes all previous policies, procedures or guidelines pertaining to this subject.\r\nOur core value of community bands us together in supportive and inclusive ways to drive our collective success. Boot Barn provides equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national or ethnic origin, veteran or military status, disability, as well as any other protected status under the law.\r\nAmericans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - Boot Barn will provide reasonable accommodations (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with the application process upon your request as required by applicable laws. If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process, please visit your nearest Boot Barn Store or Distribution Center or reach out to Human Resources at 1-949-453-4400, Option 4.\r\nCalifornia Privacy Notice","company":"Boot Barn","rawCompany":"bootbarn","city":"Irvine","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-05-10T04:56:13.269Z","occupations":[{"code":"27-1029.00","title":"Designers, All Other","slug":"designers-all-other"},{"code":"27-1011.00","title":"Art Directors","slug":"art-directors"},{"code":"27-1024.00","title":"Graphic Designers","slug":"graphic-designers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541430","title":"Graphic Design Services","slug":"graphic-design-services"},{"code":"541490","title":"Other Specialized Design Services","slug":"other-specialized-design-services"},{"code":"316210","title":"Footwear Manufacturing","slug":"footwear-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Sr. Design Manager","description":"SR. DESIGN MANAGER\r\nREPORTS TO: SR. ART DIRECTOR\r\nSTATUS: EXEMPT\r\nSummary\r\nBoot Barn is where community comes first. We thrive on togetherness, collaboration, and belonging. We build each other up, listen intently, and implement out-of-the-box ideas. We celebrate new innovations, congratulate one another's achievements, and most importantly support each other.\r\nAt Boot Barn, we work together to make a positive impact on the world around us, and by working collectively with encouragement, we consider ourselves \"Partners.\" With the values of the West guiding us, Boot Barn celebrates heritage, welcomes all, and values each unique Partner within our Boot Barn community.\r\nOur vision is to offer everyone a piece of the American spirit - one handshake at a time.\r\nBoot Barn is seeking a Senior Manager, Design (Print & Digital) to lead the execution and delivery of creative across all channels. This role is responsible for ensuring that all design work-across print, digital, in-store, and experiential touchpoints-is produced on brand, on time, and at a consistently high level of quality.\r\nAs a key partner to Marketing and creative leadership, this role translates creative vision into clear, actionable direction for the design team and ensures successful execution across a high volume of deliverables. You will oversee day-to-day workflow, guide designers through challenges, and create the structure needed to deliver cohesive, effective creative at scale. This role oversees the full design team, including direct management of designers and leadership of a Digital Design Manager and their team. Success in this role comes from balancing strong creative judgment with operational excellence, ensuring the work is not only visually compelling, but also accurate, efficient, and production-ready.\r\nYou will play a critical role in maintaining and reinforcing the integrity of both the Boot Barn brand and our portfolio of exclusive brands, ensuring consistency across all customer touchpoints while adapting creative to meet the needs of different channels, campaigns, and audiences.\r\nA strong foundation in print production, packaging, and real-world execution is essential. This role serves as a key partner in bringing marketing initiatives and event concepts to life, helping define what assets are needed, how they should be produced, and ensuring they are executed in a way that is both on-brand and operationally sound.\r\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities\r\n\r\nLead, mentor, and support a team of designers, fostering accountability, growth, and high-quality output\r\nOversee project intake, prioritization, and workflow to ensure all creative is delivered on time and aligned with business priorities\r\nProvide clear direction and feedback to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment with brand standards across all deliverables\r\nAct as a bridge between creative vision and execution, ensuring concepts are translated into effective, production-ready assets\r\nReview and approve creative work across all channels, maintaining a high bar for quality and attention to detail\r\nUphold and execute brand standards for both Boot Barn and its exclusive brands, ensuring consistency while supporting campaign and channel needs\r\nServe as a subject matter expert in print production, packaging, and file preparation, ensuring all assets are built correctly and optimized for output\r\nPartner with Marketing, E-commerce, Merchandising, and Events teams to support campaigns, initiatives, and activations\r\nCollaborate with the Events team to translate concepts into actionable creative deliverables and provide guidance on materials, formats, and production needs\r\nIdentify and implement process improvements that enhance efficiency, communication, and scalability across the design team\r\nDemonstrates high level of quality work, attendance and appearance.\r\nDemonstrates high degree of professionalism in communication, attitude and teamwork with customers, peers and management.\r\nAdhere to all local, federal and state laws in addition to Company policies, procedures, and practices.\r\nPerforms any other duties that may be assigned by management.\r\n\r\nQualifications\r\n\r\n6-10+ years of experience in graphic design across multiple channels, including print and digital\r\n4+ years of experience leading or managing designers, including managing senior-level talent or managers\r\nStrong understanding of brand systems and how to maintain consistency across a wide range of applications\r\nDeep knowledge of print production, packaging, and vendor collaboration\r\nProven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment\r\nStrong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills\r\nProficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud\r\nBachelor's Degree in Graphic Design or related field preferred\r\n\r\nPlus Factors - Preferred, but not required\r\n\r\nKnowledge or interest in the western or action sports lifestyles.\r\nExperience with Adobe Premier, Cinema 4D, Maya, Blender, 3DS Max\r\nIllustration experience\r\nInterest in AI software and/or prompting\r\nWorking knowledge of HTML\r\n\r\nCompetencies\r\n\r\nEnsure Effective Communication - Listens carefully and attentively to others' opinions and ideas. Communicates information clearly, concisely, and professionally.\r\nEstablish Trust - Follows through on commitments. Is honest and direct with others. Promotes a culture of respect for, commitment to, and compliance with Company values, beliefs, and standards. Ensures the protection of confidential information.\r\n\r\nBoot Barn Benefits & Additional Compensation Opportunities\r\n\r\nCompetitive salary.\r\nMerchandise discount: 50% off of Exclusive Brands and 40% off of third-party brands.\r\nPaid Time Off plan for year-round Boot Barn Partners.\r\nMedical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance.\r\n401(k) plan with generous company matching.\r\nFlexible schedules and work/life balance.\r\nOpportunities for growth at every level - we are opening 50+ new stores each year.\r\n\r\nFor eligible Boot Barn Partners\r\nPAY RANGE: $120,000.00-$140,000.00/yr*\r\n\r\ncompensation varies based on geography, skills, experience, and tenure\r\n\r\nPhysical Demands\r\nIn general, the following physical demands are representative of those that must be met by a Partner to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to allow differently abled individuals to perform the essential functions of the job.\r\n\r\nStanding, walking and squatting less than fifty percent of the work shift.\r\nRequired to lift, move and carry up to 40 pounds.\r\nAbility to read, count and write to accurately complete all documentation and reports.\r\nMust be able to see, hear and speak in order to communicate with partners and customers.\r\nSpecific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.\r\nManual dexterity required using hands to finger; handle, feel and type; reach with hands and arms.\r\n\r\n[ ] Sedentary: Limited activity, no lifting, limited walking\r\n[ X ] Light: Office work, some lifting, bending, stooping or kneeling, walking\r\n[ ] Moderate: Mostly standing, walking, bending, frequent lifting\r\n[ ] Arduous: Heavy lifting, bending, crawling, climbing\r\nWork Environment\r\nIn general, the following conditions of the work environment are representative of those that a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to allow differently abled individuals to perform the essential functions of the job within the environment.\r\n\r\nThe workspace is clean, orderly, properly lighted and ventilated with the proper safety compliance.\r\nNoise levels are considered moderate.\r\n\r\nBoot Barn, Inc. reserves the right to make exceptions to modify or eliminate this document or its content. This document supersedes all previous policies, procedures or guidelines pertaining to this subject.\r\nOur core value of community bands us together in supportive and inclusive ways to drive our collective success. Boot Barn provides equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national or ethnic origin, veteran or military status, disability, as well as any other protected status under the law.\r\nAmericans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - Boot Barn will provide reasonable accommodations (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with the application process upon your request as required by applicable laws. If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process, please visit your nearest Boot Barn Store or Distribution Center or reach out to Human Resources at 1-949-453-4400, Option 4.\r\nCalifornia Privacy Notice","datePosted":"2026-05-10T04:56:13.269Z","dateModified":"2026-05-10T04:56:13.269Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Boot Barn","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Irvine","addressRegion":"CA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"e73d5a18e830eaaec9c2f76e"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e73d5a18e830eaaec9c2f76e"}}